Random Confessions

[TallyT]

OMG, really?! I need to see this! I feel super, extra flattered ❤
And once I'm back in Canada, Asher gets a crown!

I'll admit, I am a sentimental softie and the posts and pictures of the flower crowns always give me the warm'n'fuzzies. If you can, download the episode for your own keepsake

 

[dorispulaski]

I was looking for an appropriate place to post this, and this is it. One of your flower crowns got a shout-out in the latest episode of "That Figure Skating Show" (a YouTube series produced by the CBC). Asher Hill was moaning about how HE didn't get any flower crowns when he was skating, and it would almost be worth unretiring to get one.

Asher's last partner was Nicole Orford, and we have a fan fest for them

Nicole Orford & Asher Hill

Canadian ice dancers Nicole Orford & Asher Hill teamed up in April 2015. Orford was born on October 10, 1992, in Calgary, Alberta, while Hill was born on March 19, 1991, in Scarborough, Ontario. On June 26, 2016, after a year of skating together, Nicole and Asher announced their retirement...

www.goldenskate.com

There are some links to photos and videos that might give you some inspiration for a crown for Asher!

 

[NanaPat]

OMG, really?! I need to see this! I feel super, extra flattered ❤
And once I'm back in Canada, Asher gets a crown!

here is the video. Fast forward to 4:20 to see the crown and them discussing it.

 

[NoNameFace]

It's been 6 years since sunflowers in Grenoble. Time flies.
And I want to thank GS community which really rallied behind my rather YOLO style trip to France at that time. Sometimes, I go back to archive and read FD thread from 2018 Internationaux de France to feel that support when my life goes south. Thank you because at that time I remember I had absolutely no support from my family whatsoever (not that I have more of it now...it's more of a quiet resignation over me going my own ways, but no support) and I remember telling my mom about me going few hours before flight

And sunflowers started flowers. Flowers started bouquets. Bouquets morphed into flower crowns. Rest is history. And present.

❤

 

[CoyoteChris]

Is it a confession if after T day dinner I watch myself and PaulE in the front row watching 2023 4 Conts ladies free????
What a skate that was....

I always feel bad for Yelim....one mistake in a beautiful program cost her the title but she got silver. And as MK says, "I didnt loose the gold, I won silver"

 

[invisiblespiral]

My boyfriend: "Do you have binoculars for watching figure skating?"
Me:

 

[NoNameFace]

It's probably stupid "problem" or just debate to have, but...should I buy Olympic ticket(s)?

Against my better judgement, I've registered and link for purchase arrived, valid until tomorrow.
On one side, I would love to be there, even for just Ice Dance/FD. On the other...my brain is definitely not wired to commit to going to a competition this much in advance plus the pricing makes me double check.
I'm conflicted and here is my confession about it.

 

[TT_Fin]

You who have instagram account: Olivia Lisko, Finnish current champion in women, teaches figure skating to ice hockey players. The goalkeeper is quite good, Imo.

Kiekko-Espoo on Instagram: "Hallitseva Suomen mestari Espoon Jäätaitureiden Olivia Lisko kävi opettamassa maalivahti Petteri Rimpiselle ja hyökkääjä Tuomas Suoniemelle muutamia taitoluisteluliikkeitä! 👑 
Espoon Jäätaiturit ovat mukana myös huomisessa

486 likes, 4 comments - kiekkoespoo on March 10, 2025: "Hallitseva Suomen mestari Espoon Jäätaitureiden Olivia Lisko kävi opettamassa maalivahti Petteri Rimpiselle ja hyökkääjä Tuomas Suoniemelle muutamia taitoluisteluliikkeitä! 👑 
Espoon Jäätaiturit ovat mukana myös huomisessa Kiekko-Espoo vs...

www.instagram.com

 

[yuumagical]

Life has been so damn frustrating for me lately! I keep on losing things and I don't know how to stop losing things! All this started when I was in Japan, when I lost this really cute coin pouch that had some yen and my IC card inside. The Sunday before last, I lost my wallet with my bank cards, ID cards (one of which I absolutely need in order to go to work), and library cards inside on the public transit system. I spent this past week going to all the appropriate places to get those things back. I was feeling so good at the end of the week! I even got a new purse to replace an old purse that was falling apart! And guess what? I lost my new purse yesterday, with not just my wallet I replaced with all of the cards I replaced in it, but also my cell phone! My cell phone with pictures from Japan that I haven't even gotten to upload yet! Some of you are surely older and more forgetful than I am. How do you guys avoid losing important things?!?!?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Life has been so damn frustrating for me lately! I keep on losing things and I don't know how to stop losing things! All this started when I was in Japan, when I lost this really cute coin pouch that had some yen and my IC card inside. The Sunday before last, I lost my wallet with my bank cards, ID cards (one of which I absolutely need in order to go to work), and library cards inside on the public transit system. I spent this past week going to all the appropriate places to get those things back. I was feeling so good at the end of the week! I even got a new purse to replace an old purse that was falling apart! And guess what? I lost my new purse yesterday, with not just my wallet I replaced with all of the cards I replaced in it, but also my cell phone! My cell phone with pictures from Japan that I haven't even gotten to upload yet! Some of you are surely older and more forgetful than I am. How do you guys avoid losing important things?!?!?

A big purse with lots of compartments, each one with a zipper and big enough that one thing like a wallet doesn't get pulled out while digging out something else like an ID card. Each zipper is always opened and then closed again as I look in each compartment (it becomes a habit eventually).

I don't keep all important cards in one holder together, and the wallet with cash is separate with no ID in it. The wallet and several card holders are all bright colours or cutesie prints like kittens or flowers, not plain black that gets overlooked. The phone is bright yellow. I wear the purse on a long strap across the front of my body, not off one shoulder, and I never remove it until I get to where I'm going or home -- it stays in front of me, never to the side or back, like a mama kangaroo's pouch at all times except when sitting in a car with a seatbelt on. At home it lives in one place only, where it gets put as soon as I walk in the door.

I've twice left one credit card on a store counter while paying and signing for something, but both times the clerk saw it and put it away until I came rushing back. Otherwise I have my stuff pretty well trained not to play games with me and hide or run away from home. Except for reading glasses, which are the cheap drugstore-type that I buy in multiples so as to spread them around in many locations, but which still seem to have a herd mentality and migrate together into one place.

 

[NanaPat]

Life has been so damn frustrating for me lately! I keep on losing things and I don't know how to stop losing things! All this started when I was in Japan, when I lost this really cute coin pouch that had some yen and my IC card inside. The Sunday before last, I lost my wallet with my bank cards, ID cards (one of which I absolutely need in order to go to work), and library cards inside on the public transit system. I spent this past week going to all the appropriate places to get those things back. I was feeling so good at the end of the week! I even got a new purse to replace an old purse that was falling apart! And guess what? I lost my new purse yesterday, with not just my wallet I replaced with all of the cards I replaced in it, but also my cell phone! My cell phone with pictures from Japan that I haven't even gotten to upload yet! Some of you are surely older and more forgetful than I am. How do you guys avoid losing important things?!?!?

A big purse with lots of compartments, each one with a zipper and big enough that one thing like a wallet doesn't get pulled out while digging out something else like an ID card. Each zipper is always opened and then closed again as I look in each compartment (it becomes a habit eventually).

I don't keep all important cards in one holder together, and the wallet with cash is separate with no ID in it. The wallet and several card holders are all bright colours or cutesie prints like kittens or flowers, not plain black that gets overlooked. The phone is bright yellow. I wear the purse on a long strap across the front of my body, not off one shoulder, and I never remove it until I get to where I'm going or home -- it stays in front of me, never to the side or back, like a mama kangaroo's pouch at all times except when sitting in a car with a seatbelt on. At home it lives in one place only, where it gets put as soon as I walk in the door.

I've twice left one credit card on a store counter while paying and signing for something, but both times the clerk saw it and put it away until I came rushing back. Otherwise I have my stuff pretty well trained not to play games with me and hide or run away from home. Except for reading glasses, which are the cheap drugstore-type that I buy in multiples so as to spread them around in many locations, but which still seem to have a herd mentality and migrate together into one place.

I heartily agree with D.D., especially about using a crossbody bag that you don't remove except when in designated "safe" places. And when you're in a designated safe place (like home, work, your car) always keep your bag in the same place.

My bag is a smallish sling pack that I bought years ago at Mountain Equipment Co-op. It sits close to my body and doesn't swing around. It is just the right size for the things I usually carry, and can be worn in front (my usual, when shopping etc) or back (more comfortable when going for a longish walk in an uncrowded place). It also swings from front to back WITHOUT REMOVING THE STRAP from around me.

 

[Diana Delafield]

I heartily agree with D.D., especially about using a crossbody bag that you don't remove except when in designated "safe" places. And when you're in a designated safe place (like home, work, your car) always keep your bag in the same place.

My bag is a smallish sling pack that I bought years ago at Mountain Equipment Co-op. It sits close to my body and doesn't swing around. It is just the right size for the things I usually carry, and can be worn in front (my usual, when shopping etc) or back (more comfortable when going for a longish walk in an uncrowded place). It also swings from front to back WITHOUT REMOVING THE STRAP from around me.

Mine are (I have several in different colours) waterproof diaper bags from LL Bean and Lands' End. They don't seem to make quite the same bags anymore, but they have a stretchy pouch down one side that is just the right size for a small water bottle.

 

[yuumagical]

Update: I have successfully recovered my purse and everything inside it from my local transit system's lost and found office!

A big purse with lots of compartments, each one with a zipper and big enough that one thing like a wallet doesn't get pulled out while digging out something else like an ID card. Each zipper is always opened and then closed again as I look in each compartment (it becomes a habit eventually).

I don't keep all important cards in one holder together, and the wallet with cash is separate with no ID in it. The wallet and several card holders are all bright colours or cutesie prints like kittens or flowers, not plain black that gets overlooked. The phone is bright yellow. I wear the purse on a long strap across the front of my body, not off one shoulder, and I never remove it until I get to where I'm going or home -- it stays in front of me, never to the side or back, like a mama kangaroo's pouch at all times except when sitting in a car with a seatbelt on. At home it lives in one place only, where it gets put as soon as I walk in the door.

I've twice left one credit card on a store counter while paying and signing for something, but both times the clerk saw it and put it away until I came rushing back. Otherwise I have my stuff pretty well trained not to play games with me and hide or run away from home. Except for reading glasses, which are the cheap drugstore-type that I buy in multiples so as to spread them around in many locations, but which still seem to have a herd mentality and migrate together into one place.

Thank you for the suggestions. I walk and use public transit every day, so I feel as if any bag I use needs to be somewhat small so as not to weigh me down while going everywhere. I am the type of person that loves colorful objects, and this new purse is pale green with various Pokémon characters on it. I thought it would be the kind of purse I couldn't possibly lose! Ironically, my passport has a simple black leather case and I've never lost it!

I heartily agree with D.D., especially about using a crossbody bag that you don't remove except when in designated "safe" places. And when you're in a designated safe place (like home, work, your car) always keep your bag in the same place.

My bag is a smallish sling pack that I bought years ago at Mountain Equipment Co-op. It sits close to my body and doesn't swing around. It is just the right size for the things I usually carry, and can be worn in front (my usual, when shopping etc) or back (more comfortable when going for a longish walk in an uncrowded place). It also swings from front to back WITHOUT REMOVING THE STRAP from around me.

This is also good advice too! Part of the reason I lost my purse was that I didn't extend the strap far enough to be able to wear it in a crossbody fashion. This oversight has been corrected!

 

[skylark]

An account I follow on tumblr (because I do love fs costumes, you know that) threw this one at me... and I wondered if people could guess what piece of music these costumes were meant to evoke (some of you may know of course but it was from 2004, so some won't). I'm just curious because I couldn't see it and now can't unsee it...
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My first thought was Firebird. My second thought was no, that can't be right. My knowledge of fs music is very limited.

But now you have me curious .... sowhat is it? and who?

 

[elbkup]

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[Isk]

An account I follow on tumblr (because I do love fs costumes, you know that) threw this one at me... and I wondered if people could guess what piece of music these costumes were meant to evoke (some of you may know of course but it was from 2004, so some won't). I'm just curious because I couldn't see it and now can't unsee it...
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It's been almost a year, but I just saw your question, and here they are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bGVh2bdZXc

 

[TallyT]

I just saw your post, and here they are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bGVh2bdZXc

Oh god oh god oh god oh god... as soon as I recover from shrieking with horror and laughter, I will say thank you (expect me to about the turn of the decade) That may be the worst music cut in history to go with some of the worst costumes.

And then the commentator's "boy that was something else..."

 

[Isk]

Oh god oh god oh god oh god... as soon as I recover from shrieking with horror and laughter, I will say thank you (expect me to about the turn of the decade) That may be the worst music cut in history to go with some of the worst costumes.

And then the commentator's "boy that was something else..."

You are welcome. When you recover check this one out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA4OR9paPqI

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

I was sorting through a box of remote controls the other day, and found the remote control for my Granny's old cathode ray tube TV that was dumped umpteen years ago. And there were batteries in it. (Normally when storing stuff away, we would take the batteries out, but must have forgotten to that time). So I started pushing buttons, and got a shock when the small LCD TV that I bought a few weeks ago came on!

In case you are wondering, this smaller TV was bought to be placed beside the main TV. This way, when there is figure skating on, I can have the action on the big TV and the livescoring page alongside on the small TV.

Anyway, I then took the batteries out, and got another shock when I saw the Best Before date: January 2001. And I realised - these batteries went out of date before my current main skating crush was born! And yet they are still working.

And then I started thinking more. Batteries of this brand normally have Best Before dates that are 10 years after they are manufactured.

Bearing this in mind, these batteries are probably older than most of the skating crushes I have ever had!

Don't worry, there are a few of my skating crushes that were born before 1991. Most of whom are Italian...

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Johar]

I posted a political comment agreeing with someone on their own wall on FB. Somehow the comment ended up on a FB group for a certain TV show.

HOW Does that even happen?! I did NOT accidentally copy and paste. The comment really upset about 30-some people on the message board. Yikes!